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Appeals Court: No Second Amendment Right to Open Carry a Gun in Public
March 28, 2021
Striking a blow for gun safety, the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that the Second Amendment does not provide a right to carry a gun, concealed or openly, in public. The court reviewed more than 700 years of English and American legal history that gives the government the power to regulate arms in
Political Calendar: Week Of March 28, 2021
March 28, 2021
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Cheapo Doug Ducey shows he really does not think there is a Border Crisis
March 27, 2021
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey does not really believe there is a crisis on the southern border. How can a statement be made given his grandstanding photo op with Florida Senator Rick Scott by one of the few segments of completed border wall last week? In a social media post from March 26, 2021, Governor Ducey
“Where are you from?” is a dreaded question
March 27, 2021
In yesterday’s AZ Daily Star, they published an opinion piece on page A6 by an adopted Korean American journalist Kurt Bardella, which ran in the LA Times earlier: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-22/op-ed-the-question-every-asian-american-hates-where-are-you-from?fbclid=IwAR1Pg1DCP1IWXbfWsJ0oa8cG8_Wg25C6hCYEQHkMoUOrCpAbWLgCYnRXZwY He writes about the question that is dreaded by Asian Americans: “Where are you from?” It is dreaded because when asked by usually white people, it
Will Bunch: White Supremacy Hiding In Plain Sight
March 27, 2021
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” ― William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun Will Bunch writes Georgia governor signed a voter suppression law under a painting of a slave plantation: Sometimes America’s legacy of white supremacy is hiding in plain sight, literally. When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a hastily passed voter
GQP Authoritarian Fascism Comes To Georgia – Stand With Rep. Park Cannon
March 26, 2021
Georgia state troopers arrested Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday after she knocked on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s statehouse office door as he was signing a controversial elections bill into law in a closed-door ceremony. Georgia legislator arrested, pulled out of state Capitol as governor signs voting law: Video of the incident shows Cannon, who
Dominion Voting Systems Second Company To Sue Fox For The Big Lie
March 26, 2021
Arizona Republican Sedition Party Chair Kelli Ward should lawyer up now because Dominion Voting Systems will get around to your worthless ass soon enough. They are not after your money, they are after discovery into the greatest right-wing conspiracy plot of all time – trying to overturn the results of the U.S. election with “Big
Voting Suppressing Republicans in Georgia Make it a Crime to be a Good Samaritan on Election Day
March 26, 2021
Does everyone remember this scene from the 1959 classic Ben Hur? This is the scene where the Romans forbade Ben Hur and the other prisoners from getting water before the Roman Soldiers. Later when Nazerines give water to the prisoners, a Roman Centurion stops Ben Hur from getting water. Jesus Christ ignores the order and
